دورية أكاديمية
Constructively Responding to Requests for Paraprofessionals: We Keep Asking the Wrong Questions
العنوان: | Constructively Responding to Requests for Paraprofessionals: We Keep Asking the Wrong Questions |
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اللغة: | English |
المؤلفون: | Giangreco, Michael F., Doyle, Mary Beth, Suter, Jesse C. |
المصدر: | Remedial and Special Education. Nov-Dec 2012 33(6):362-373. |
الإتاحة: | SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
Peer Reviewed: | Y |
وصف مادي: | |
Page Count: | 12 |
تاريخ النشر: | 2012 |
نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
Descriptors: | Disabilities, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Special Needs Students, Mainstreaming, Inclusion, Needs Assessment, Misconceptions, Decision Making, Student Needs, Educational Practices, School Districts, Delivery Systems, Special Education, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teamwork, Classroom Environment |
DOI: | 10.1177/0741932511413472 |
تدمد: | 0741-9325 |
مستخلص: | Paraprofessional utilization has steadily risen in an effort to meet the needs of students with disabilities in inclusion-oriented classrooms. To date, no widely accepted processes exist to assist schools in determining when the use of paraprofessional staff is warranted. Many schools have attempted to fill this void by developing local processes designed to justify paraprofessional assignment. This article describes how justification approaches to paraprofessional decision making operate from a reactive posture, include inherently problematic criteria, and perpetuate socially constructed myths that certain students "need" one-to-one paraprofessionals. An alternative framework for making decisions is offered through a series of school/district- and classroom/team-level concepts and corresponding actions that can be pursued in developing proactive processes and practices tailored to local contexts. |
Abstractor: | As Provided |
Number of References: | 38 |
Entry Date: | 2012 |
رقم الأكسشن: | EJ982809 |
قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
تدمد: | 0741-9325 |
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DOI: | 10.1177/0741932511413472 |